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Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

Ont. hog industry backed for added biosecurity measures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario hog producers can expect new public funding to help step up biosecurity at “critical points,” following the arrival of the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) in the province on at least two farms. The provincial government on Tuesday pledged $2 million for Ontario Pork to back “industry-wide investments to improve biosecurity measures at critical […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Machinery

PED virus hits second SW Ont. hog farm

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Now also suspected on third farm; industry launches task force “The reality has changed” for Ontario’s hog industry with a second, and possibly third, case of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus now found in the Chatham-Kent area. “Since the virus is highly contagious, its presence in Canada is not unexpected and more cases are expected in […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Ont. tillage firm Salford expands Iowa plant

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ontario tillage, seeding and fertilizing implement maker Salford has expanded its Iowa manufacturing plant by over a third to boost production of its Independent line. Expanding Salford’s manufacturing space at Osceola, about 65 km south of Des Moines, boosts the company’s combined plant area in Canada, Russia and the U.S. to about 200,000 square feet, […] Read more
Crops, Machinery

Japan’s Kubota eyes U.S. fields with larger tractors

Reading Time: < 1 minute Osaka | Reuters — Japan’s Kubota Corp. plans to sell powerful, large tractors in North America and Europe next year, its president said on Wednesday, challenging farm equipment industry leader Deere and Co. Yasuo Masumoto, president of Japan’s biggest farm equipment maker, told Reuters Kubota was seeking a joint venture with a European or U.S. […] Read more
Crops, Machinery, Markets

Feds, grain groups back project to gauge grain traffic flow

Reading Time: 3 minutes Faced with a massive grain backlog on the Prairies, a clutch of grain and oilseed shipper groups and the federal government are putting cash into a project they hope will turn up new efficiencies in the grain supply chain. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz dropped into Winnipeg Tuesday to pledge over $1.5 million from the […] Read more
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Guide Business, Machinery

Guide Business: The value plan

What's next for John Deere? Vice-president Luke Gakstatter talks strategy, marketing, and why he thinks you'll buy green

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It takes belief to get into senior management at Deere and Co. But of course, Deere focuses on belief at every level. Belief is the very essence of its marketing plan, which is to get farmers to believe that sitting at the controls in a green cab is exactly where they deserve to be. Now, […] Read more
Canola, Crops, Machinery, Markets

Rail congestion stymies Man. company’s U.S. crusher

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Manitoba company’s new canola processing plant on the U.S. West Coast has locked in demand from the biofuel sector for its canola oil — but has run up against a supply logjam. Pacific Coast Canola (PCC), the U.S. arm of Winnipeg-based Legumex Walker, on Wednesday announced a six-month contract to provide Seattle-based Imperium Renewables […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery, Weather

Minogue: Undercurrent of frustration pervades at CropSphere

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Just months after a record-setting harvest, delegates nodded as market analyst Larry Webber told Saskatchewan farmers at CropSphere in Saskatoon, “Everything is not rosy in the country.” Frustration is building as many farmers are taking large price discounts to sell their grain into a congested transportation system and other farmers are unable to sell their […] Read more
Machinery

Machinery Guide

Which are better - planters or drills?

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Reading Time: 3 minutes January is a month for new starts, so it fits neatly with this issue’s focus on planters. Improved seed singulation and precision planting capabilities have driven planter sales in the past two years, not to mention the migration of corn into Western Canada. Even so, the debate is still raging. Which are better — planters […] Read more

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